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Scania, sennder launch new JV to drive e-truck adoption and decarbonise road logistics

Scania CV AB, a worldwide company in transport solutions, and sennder Technologies GmbH, a European digital road freight forwarder, have established a new joint venture, called JUNA.

In particular, the new partnership aims to promote electric solutions in road logistics throughout Europe and has already seen a successful launch in Germany.

Its primary objective is to accelerate the widespread adoption of electric trucks on a large scale in Europe, aligning with the European Union’s Green Deal...

https://container-news.com/scania-sennder-launch-new-jv-to-drive-e-truck-adoption-and-decarbonise-road-logistics/

TuSimple y Navistar ponen fin a su asociación para camiones autónomos 

TuSimple Holdings y Navistar Inc. van por caminos separados. Su matrimonio de dos años destinado a dar a luz a un camión autónomo de Clase 8 especialmente diseñado para el transporte de mercancías de larga distancia ha terminado en divorcio. 

El anuncio realizado a última hora del lunes es el último revés para TuSimple (NASDAQ: TSP). El drama de la sala de juntas y las investigaciones federales han enviado sus acciones a un mínimo de 52 semanas en el Nasdaq. A mediodía del martes, las acciones...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tusimple-y-navistar-ponen-fin-a-su-asociacion-para-camiones-autonomos

TuSimple, Navistar end autonomous truck partnership

TuSimple Holdings and Navistar Inc. are going their separate ways. Their two-year marriage intended to birth a purpose-built Class 8 autonomous truck for long-haul freight is ending in divorce.

The announcement late Monday is the latest setback for TuSimple (NASDAQ: TSP). Boardroom drama and federal investigations have sent its shares to a 52-week low on the Nasdaq. Shares traded at midday Tuesday down 12.17% at $1.99.

Since a friendly panel discussion during CES in January, relations have soured...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/tusimple-navistar-end-autonomous-truck-partnership

Navistar’s new internal combustion engine will be its last

Navistar LT with trailer on track at Las Vegas International Speedway

LAS VEGAS — Navistar Inc.’s S13 integrated powertrain for its on-highway trucks is the manufacturer’s last new internal combustion engine. It is the strongest signal yet that legacy truck makers are embracing electric trucks with zero tailpipe emissions.

Combined with aerodynamic styling, the new powertrain that goes into production in July 2023 offers up to 15% better fuel efficiency than the current A26 engine and Eaton Cummins Endurant transmission in Navistar’s flagship on-highway...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/navistars-new-internal-combustion-engine-will-be-its-last

Navistar readies integrated powertrain to supply Traton Group brands

Aerial view of Navistar engine plant in Huntsville, Alabama

On the heels of opening an advanced manufacturing plant in San Antonio for conventional diesel and battery-electric vocational trucks, Navistar said Wednesday it is ready to build an integrated powertrain in Huntsville, Alabama, for itself and its Traton Group siblings.

Navistar announced the engine plant expansion in 2019. The original investment of $125 million now stands at more than $190 million.

A modular approach will allow the integrated powertrain, originally announced as a diesel...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/navistar-readies-integrated-powertrain-to-supply-traton-group-brands

Truck Tech: Plant anatomy edition

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How did Navistar manage to build its assembly plant in San Antonio for a relatively paltry $250 million? Partly by ignoring a famous baseball movie line. Also this week, Daimler Truck North America preps technicians to work on electric trucks. And every step van on the market could be electrified — today, a North American Council for Freight Efficiency report says.

A world of plants

Mark Hernandez sounds like the no-nonsense manufacturing expert he is. Straight out of central casting.  

But the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-tech-plant-anatomy-edition

Navistar boss says battery-electric trucking is long-term decarbonization answer

Navistar International is continuing work on fuel cell projects that began before it was acquired by Volkswagen’s Traton Group, but CEO Mathias Carlbaum follows parent Traton Group’s mantra that batteries are the long-term solution for decarbonizing commercial trucking.

“There is a window there, but over time because of the better energy efficiency, batteries will prevail,” Carlbaum told a virtual roundtable of reporters Friday in his first public remarks since becoming CEO Sept. 1, 2021. 

Navista...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/navistar-boss-says-battery-electric-trucking-is-long-term-decarbonization-answer

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